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PC Cheats

This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Borderlands 2 for PC. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.

Play until you reach the Caustic Caverns area. In the Minecart Madness side quest, turn right from where you find the mine cart. You should spot a stone shaped like a cube. Jump over it and land on some earth, then proceed right from there to find dirt that looks like something you might find in Minecraft. Attack it a few times and you should be able to push through, provided it is 2 blocks high. If you turn right from there, you should see some stone and coal. Those take 5 hits to break, and if you pass through them you will find some Creepers.

There are multiple references to the movie Full Metal Jacket spread around the game. One of the rifle challenges is called "This is My Rifle," which is part of a familiar line from the movie. Also, the reanimation station will say "You will not die unless you are told" after reviving you, which is a reference to an R. Lee Emery quote in the film.

In Caustic Caverns, around the Guardian Ruins near the end of the map, there are "dirt blocks" (from Minecraft) around a cavern to the right and under the minecart used for "Minecart Mischief." After performing melee attacks on the blocks, one will encounter several creepers and a badasscreeper, which are also from Minecraft. Those enemies have a chance of dropping the "Longbow" sniper rifle, which just so happens to shoot arrows like the ones seen in Minecraft.

The first optional Tiny Tina mission is titled "You Are Cordially Invited" and your apparent goal is to lure a thug named Flamestick to a party where he will meet his demise. However, you can easily gain experience points by repeatedly failing the mission. Play through the mission as instructed until you are supposed to bring Flamestick to the table that Tina will have prepared. Instead of bringing him to that destination, kill him for the experience points (his death results in around 5000XP if you are at level 35 and playing on True Vault Hunter mode. Killing Flamestick will result in a failed mission, but then you can retry the mission as often as you like for more easy XP. The trick works even better if you load a second character and have them stand near Tina, constantly respawning Flamestick.

If you have a commando or mechromancer character (the latter works best), you can level up your character at the end of the campaign so that you're prepared for tougher battles in the True Vault Hunter mode. Once you defeat the main campaign's boss, stay in that chamber and use your turrets to take out the Rakk enemies that regularly spawn. If you are using a mechromancer and your skill is maxed by that point, your DT duration increases after each kill. You can leave your console on and let your weapons automatically take out the enemies while you tend to other things. Otherwise, you'll need to take a more hands-on approach. This is a great way to farm experience, money, and eridium with minimal effort.

You can carry more gear in your backpack than you might think, though this trick is mostly just useful early in the game. First, find a vendor and sell the items in your backpack to make room for more items. Now grab any items lying around, or purchase the vendor's wares. Once your backpack is full, you should next buy the items that you just sold, thus temporarily expanding your backpack's storage capacity beyond the usual limit.

Complete the standard Story mode and you'll unlock True Vault Hunter mode. That mode features more difficult enemies and you can earn more experience points. You can switch between difficulty settings by accessing the character selection screen, even if you only have one character.

Find the large enclosure while working through the Wildlife Preserve (near the second vault symbol). There, you'll be attacked by two particular enemies: a stalker named Pimon and a skag named Tumbaa. If you kill both of them within a 10-second span, you'll access a special challenge.

To quickly reload your weapon, open your equipment and inventory menu, which effectively pauses the game (if you're playing without friends). Choose the weapon you wish to reload, then switch it out for another weapon from your inventory, then switch the weapons yet again. The desired weapon now has a full clip, assuming you had the ammo for that, and you can exit the menu and get back to the action without waiting to reload. Note that this technique will not work if your character is in "fight for your life" mode.

If you have played this optional side mission, you may have figured out that it parodies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After you dispatch of the 4 pizza-loving mutants, you can enter their lair. If you turn all of the red lights above DAHL the gun crate to green by triggering the switches (check for switches on the floor, wall, TV, and by a valve), Flinter will emerge to attack you from an area just to the right of the lights.

In Sanctuary you can find Michael Mamaril, the NPC who pays tribute to a late Borderlands fan. When you talk to him, he'll reward you with a rare item (blue or better). Save your game and quit to the menu, then load your save file and find Michael again. You can so as often as you like, then either keep the items or sell them for profit. Michael moves around Sanctuary a lot, so you may have to look for him a bit.

In Three Horns Valley, go to the hideout where you fight the Bad Maw boss. Kill him, and pick up the Eridium he drops. Then, enter the Bloodshot Stronghold, and choose the "Save and Quit" option. Continue the game, return to Three Horns Valley, and kill Bad Maw again to get more Eridium. Repeat this as many times as you like.